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Overview

The Manual Welder is responsible for performing welding processes to fabricate and weld metal components in a steel fabrication environment. This role involves working with various materials, ensuring high-quality welds that meet specifications and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding on carbon steel, aluminum, and other metals according to specifications.
  • Perform stud welding and/or metal finishing as needed.
  • Perform plasma cutting, ox-fuel cutting and other carbon arc gouging.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and technical drawings to determine welding requirements.
  • Complete weldments using weld fixtures according to welding procedure specifications (WPS).
  • Under supervision, set up welding equipment, adjust machine settings, and select appropriate filler metals for each job.
  • Inspect welds to ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance with industry standards.
  • Verify position of metal components in assembly table using straightedge, combination square, calipers, and rule.
  • Identify and repair weld defects.
  • Monitor machinery for appropriate usage and temperature.
  • Perform first piece inspections in accordance with company quality procedures.
  • Conduct routine maintenance on welding equipment and report any malfunctions or necessary repairs.
  • Work collaboratively with welders, fabricators, machine operators, and quality control personnel to ensure customer specifications are met.
  • Follow company policies, safety protocols, and quality assurance guidelines to ensure compliance with industry standards.
  • Accurately log job information into ERP computer system.
  • Accurately fill out required operations and quality paperwork.
  • Cross-train and operate robotic weld equipment as needed.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

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How this job compares in Hartford, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Hartford, WI — toward the top of a $20–$30/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Hartford, WI

Hartford, WI currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 118 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hartford, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

Steel Craft currently has 1 other opening live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), and SEEK Careers/Staffing (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Waukesha at $26/hr, and Hartford at $26/hr. Hartford is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Manual Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.